Top surnames from the 1881 census in Mattishall Burgh, Norfolk

Mattishall Burgh is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Norfolk

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
NORTON1610.8844327.20
SAVORY1510.20412,777.78
KEY117.4830541.87
COLE117.483082.15
HEWITT106.8027139.66
WILKINSON74.761931.21
BOWMAN74.7619182.29
WOODHOUSE64.0816172.41
EDWARDS53.401412.20
OSBORNE53.401471.23
WALPOLE42.7211689.66
EKE42.72111,538.46
COE32.0408125.52
WHITE32.04086.35
CRISP32.0408147.06
MOORE32.040810.20
CARR32.040828.28
DACK32.0408666.67
THODY21.36052,857.14
TAYLOR21.36052.13
EARL21.3605104.17
FRANCIS21.360522.83
BARRATT10.680333.56
FINCH10.680320.45
ELLIOTT10.68038.02
LAURIE10.680379.37
WILKERSON10.6803666.67
VINCE10.6803112.36
NEVE10.6803256.41

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
THODY0.151472857.1429
SAVORY0.151472777.7778
EKE0.151471538.4615
WALPOLE0.15147689.6552
DACK0.15147666.6667
WILKERSON0.15147666.6667
KEY0.15147541.8719
NORTON0.15147327.1984
NEVE0.15147256.4103
BOWMAN0.15147182.2917
WOODHOUSE0.15147172.4138
CRISP0.15147147.0588
HEWITT0.15147139.6648
COE0.15147125.5230
VINCE0.15147112.3596
EARL0.15147104.1667
COLE0.1514782.1509
LAURIE0.1514779.3651
OSBORNE0.1514771.2251
BARRATT0.1514733.5570
WILKINSON0.1514731.2082
CARR0.1514728.2752
FRANCIS0.1514722.8311
FINCH0.1514720.4499
EDWARDS0.1514712.2041
MOORE0.1514710.2041
ELLIOTT0.151478.0192
WHITE0.151476.3492
TAYLOR0.151472.1274

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 147 people called THODY in Mattishall Burgh at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 2857.1429 in Mattishall Burgh means that 2857.1429% of the people in Mattishall Burgh on census day were called THODY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called THODY in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called THODY as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called THODY here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called THODY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.15 in Mattishall Burgh means that you are 0.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of THODY in Mattishall Burgh than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Mattishall Burgh in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

BARRATT (1)  BOWMAN (7)  CARR (3)  COE (3)  COLE (11)  CRISP (3)  DACK (3)  DUNTHORN (3)  EAHL (4)  EARL (2)  EDWARDS (5)  EKE (4)  ELLIOTT (1)  FINCH (1)  FRANCIS (2)  GRICK (5)  HEWITT (10)  KEY (11)  LAURIE (1)  MOORE (3)  NEVE (1)  NORTON (16)  OSBORNE (5)  SAVORY (15)  SHERINGHAM (1)  TAYLOR (2)  THODY (2)  WALPOLE (4)  WHITE (3)  WILKINSON (7)  WILKERSON (1)  VINCE (1)  WOODHOUSE (6)